Are C60 molecules detectable in circumstellar shells of R Coronae Borealis stars?

Details Are C60 molecules detectable in circumstellar shells of R Coronae Borealis stars? Are C60 molecules detectable in circumstellar shells of R Coronae Borealis stars?

2011-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/1101.2253v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (12 pages, 1 table and 4 figures)

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The hydrogen-poor, helium-rich and carbon-rich character of the gas around R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars has been suggested to be a site for formation of C60 molecules. This suggestion is not supported by observations reported here showing that infrared transitions of C60 are not seen in a large sample of RCB stars observed with the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope. The infrared C60 transitions are seen, however, in emission and blended with PAH-features in spectra of DY Cen and possibly also of V854 Cen, the two least hydrogen-deficient (hydrogen deficiency of only ~10-100) RCB stars. The speculation is offered that C60 (and the PAHs) in the moderately H-deficient circumstellar envelopes may be formed by the decomposition of hydrogenated amorphous carbon but fullerene formation is inefficient in the highly H-deficient environments of most RCBs.

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